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Letter by Rabbi Yosef Babad av”d Vienna [1938] ”Beis Din Tzedek of the Royal City of Vienna”. Rabbi Yosef Babad (1875-1943) was raised by his grandfather, Rabbi Alexander Shmuel Haperin av”d Lemberg and by Rabbi Yitzchak Shmelkes, av”d Lemberg and author of Beit Yitzchak. In 1910, he began serving as rabbi of Kalusz, a position he maintained for about twenty years. He later served as rabbi in Vienna until 1939, when he fled to Amsterdam and then took the very last ship that left for England. In 1940, he settled in Manchester but the terrible hardships and horrible news from occupied Europe affected his heart and he died on 2nd of Adar 1943. (Meir Wunder, Encyclopedia L’Chachmei Galicia). Size : 29 x 21 cm Condition : Fine condition, filling holes.